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Bullied to do extra work -plight of teachers

Monday January 21, 2013 Bullied to do extra work THIS is to highlight the plight of teachers who have to do the tasks of the Head of Department (Ketua Bidang) in schools in Klang. Teachers are struggling but at the same time happy to be involved in the ‘Pentaksiran Berasaskan Sekolah’ programme since it is a good idea to move away from an exam based education. Since the programme is still new, teachers have a lot to learn and lots of paper work that have to be completed and teachers are not complaining as this is part of the teaching and learning process. What teachers can’t stomach is the practice of the Ketua Bidang delegating administrative jobs to teachers as well. What happens is that the principal assigns a certain school programme to the Ketua Bidang who quickly assigns the duty to a teacher who has to prepare the proposal, the working paper, form a small committee and carry out the project. The teacher also has to take photographs, write a report, bind it and give

No wife, so man rapes daughter

Monday January 21, 2013 No wife, so man rapes daughter AFTER her mother died when she was 13, Harlina (not her real name) said her father told her he would love and care for her as she looked so much like her mum. And then he started becoming amorous. A few months after his wife's death, he lured her to bed and raped her, Metro Ahad reported in a special feature on young victims sexually assaulted by their own kin. Harlina, now 19, said her mother died after giving birth to her sister, now seven. She decided that enough was enough when her father started to also molest the younger girl. “He had often told me that he did not want any other woman after my mother died. It was like he could not accept she was gone,” said Harlina, who has fled with her younger sister to live with her foster parents. “I have seen him talking to himself, like he was having a conversation with my mother. He may have loved her a lot, but I became his victim.” An aunt, in whom she confided

Em Wangi

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Hi stacy.

Repetition can be counter productive

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"Kiniku nikmati kehidupan yang selesa Dibentuk oleh mereka yang penyayang Hari silih ganti kami maju ke hadapan tak kira apa jua halangan" I swear if I heard one more round of this song, I'll not renew the current government contract to govern next GE. I heard this song umpteen times since I turn on the TV today, and I cannot continue to bear this abomination any more. Luckily the rain steps in and save the government of the day. By this you knew i'm on Astro and astro cannot tolerate rain at the same time keep on siphoning our money mostly on rainy season. Back to kiniku nikmati kehidupan yang selesa.. Yes its true repetition is good to familiarize your brand to the people but it can also lead to fatigue, where people become so tired and prone to tune out or actively avoid you. Therefore, use repetition wisely as too much repetition may be counter productive. ,

Supermarkets hike vegetables prices 100%

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Recently I bought a bunch of lemon grass, at the cashier I was took aback to find out that the price was doubled to one ninety nine whilst last year was at a humble one ringgit per bunch. I took the liberty to visit a few grocery store around Sandakan and ascertained most of vegetables that was once one ringgit per bunch inches up to 100%, all of them sell at a whooping RM2 per bunch. I was perplexed by this hike since I didn't heard any fuel hike anywhere. Only sugar price hike in 2013 budget. What does sugar got something to do with vegetables? According to the store owner, it was the middleman. They increased the price due to bad weather. We should beware since raw material price increase likely food prices will follow next. I don't know if the KDNK is aware of this hike, if they don't they have to start getting busy poking their nose now before food inflation hit the country and end up like the present Argentina. ,